Life Behind the Wheel
Can you imagine life without your car? Discover how the automobile transformed American society and impacted Monroe County. Explore automotive expressions of recreation and entertainment, fashion, politics, and more in “Life Behind the Wheel”! Join us Sunday, October 2nd for free museum admission and our 3rd Annual Hotrod and Classic Car Show! Exhibit open through December

Community Voices Showcase: United Way
United Way of Monroe County works to create a better world by motivating the power of our community to improve the common good with a focus on health, employment, housing, education, seniors, and childcare. Come see how you can get involved. Exhibit open through October.

CMAD is very happy to announce our latest special project in partnership with Gramz Bakery and Cafe! A Forced Conversation is a participatory sculpture, wherein participants agree to stay seated for 30 minutes at the table. With a complimentary cup of coffee, the 5 participants (who may or may not be strangers) are given an opportunity to engage in dialogue with each other.

To participate in A Forced Conversation, please sign up at Gramz Bakery and Cafe (located at 409 Washington St. in Columbus) or email the curator, Linda Tien, at tienl@indiana.edu. First come first serve.

Hosted by the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC), this panel discussion will explore concepts of beauty in music from two distinct, though related perspectives. Representations of gendered body images, male and female, will serve as one area of focus, while the second topic will explore the body of aesthetic values which distinguish African American performance in ways which not only contrast, but often contradict those preferred by the larger American public. Panelists include guest speaker and distinguished scholar Dr. Deborah Smith Pollard (University of Michigan–Dearborn), Dr. Alisha Jones (IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology), and Dr. Tyron Cooper (IU Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies). Followed by a reception and exhibit opening in the Bridgwaters Lounge. Accompanying playlists available on Spotify and Youtube.